Survivors and first-hand witness accounts of abuse that took place in a concrete building dubbed "The White House," reveal that they believe many more children suffered and died than the 31 graves marked in Boot Hill cemetery.
USF is overseeing the exhumation of bodies, and survivors have indicated the fear the number of bodies discovered will be close to one hundred. The amount of children abused at the Dozier School for Boys is believed to be in the thousands.
Here are videos from several "White House Boys" including Robert Straley and Roger Kiser.
White House Boys who have spoken publicly about the abuse they endured include the following:
- Roger Kiser
- Robert Straley
- John Broadnax
- Paul Carrin
- George Coewey
- Bill Haynes
- Jerry Cooper
- Michael Greenway
- Robert Lundy
- Henry Williams
- Bryant Middleton
- Roy Conerly
- John Marx
- Eddie Horne
- Willie Roberts
- Dick Colon
- James Griffin
- Michael O'McCarthy
- Stu Kruger
- Frank Marx
- Marshall Drawdy
- Don Stratton
- Jim DeNyke
- Bob Baxter
- Larry Houston
- Freddy Surber
- John Bonner
- Jim Turner
- Norman Payne
- Buddy Suggs
- Robert Jordan
- Rick Tabb
- Steve Coker
- Richard Lewis
- Charles Fudge
- Randall Steed
- Donald Griggs
- Glenn Maynor
- George Fudge
- Samuel Weese
- Manuel Giddens
Troy Tidwell was one of the staff who abused many students. He has one arm and must have been an incredibly terrifying figure while torturing young children. Here is part 1 of his testimony from 2009.
There will be a memorial service for the boys who died at Dozier School in Marianna, FL, on April 13, 2014. It will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg, which is on Mirror Lake, at 6:30 pm. The service will be followed by a candlelight vigil at Mirror Lake. For more information contact pastorplw@gmail.com or penny0314@gmail.com. We are hoping to have recordings of the memorial service for those who may be unable to attend.
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